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I. T. – Are you driven to be beautiful?
Peter wrote, “Do not let your adorning be external – the braiding of hair, the wearing of gold, or the putting on of clothing – but let your adorning be the hidden person for the heart with imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious” (1 Pet 3:3-4)
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Idolatry Thursday – Food (Excerpt from Gluttony Paper).
As many of you know, I have been researching and writing on the topic of gluttony for the past couple of weeks. I wrote 18 pages worth of material, so you can imagine that I might have a lot to say on the subject. I learned a lot of things in my research that I [...]
Full StoryIdolatry Thursday – “Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave” – Book Review
I have included the following book review on “Idolatry Thursday” because in this book, Ed Welch argues that addictions are primarily sins of idolatry (along with others) and not diseases as they are called by most today. Many may disagree with this point, but I ask you to consider this: Would you ever send a [...]
Full StoryIdolatry Thursday – What is your idol’s liturgy.
Liturgy is defined as “a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship” (Mer.-Websters). Liturgy is simply the way you worship. Every church has its own liturgy. It could include a certain kind of music, Scripture reading, prayer, preaching, etc…
At its essence, idolatry is worshipping something other than God. Just as we have methods [...]
Idolatry Thursday – Entertainment.
Doesn’t it seem like our country is consumed with being entertained? I just read an article citing 2006 statistics that states that the average American home has more TVs than people, and the average American watches in excess of 4 1/2 hours a day of television (Article here). On top of that we have the Internet, phones [...]
Full StoryIdolatry Thursday – Criticism.
Have you ever been around people who seem to have to criticize everything? Everything is either bad or wrong. Most of the time such people seem to have all the answers if someone, anyone, would just ask them. One person needs a new job, another needs a date. One person needs a diet, while another [...]
Full StoryIdolatry Thursday – What’s in it for me?
The title, “What’s in it for me?” could be called “Selfish Christianity.” Can there really be such a thing as selfish Christianity? There should not be, because when a Christian becomes selfish, they have made themselves to be an idol before God. Let me dig in a little deeper about what I mean about selfish [...]
Full StoryIdolatry Thursday – Do you have enough stuff?
I read an interesting article this week in the Tennessean about the growth of the storage unit business in Williamson County here in Tennessee. You can read the article here.
For those of you who don’t know, Williamson County is a suburb of Nashville and is one of the wealthiest counties in the country. I live [...]
Idolatry Thursday – The idol of Education.
Education is yet another thing that in its essence is not bad, but in many cases grows to be more important than God. Education becomes a god in your life when it becomes your central focus, the driving force in your life. If getting a degree or getting good grades becomes more important than obeying [...]
Full StoryIdolatry Thursday – Is church your god?
You may be thinking: “How can church be a god? Church can’t come before God, because it is all about God.”
Think about it a minute. Remember in my first post, I used a definition that described “having a god” as making something the center or reference point of your life. So I ask, is God [...]
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